Presented at the 2014 American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA) Convention - Orlando :: Poster Presentation

1. Simple Cost-Effective Strategies for Securing Documents in Your Therapy Practice
Objective
Why Practices Fail to
Safeguard Data?
Securing Documents in Your Therapy
Practice
Opportunities for Private Cloud Fallacies
Practice
Best Practices
✔ Networked Computing
✔ Virtual Private Networking
✔ Strong Data Encryption
✔ Enforced Security Policy
✔ Secure Socket Layer VPN
✔ Google Drive
✔ Drop Box
✔ Amazon S3
Note – While the Above Strategies are Fairly
Common They Do Not Offer Equivalent Benefits
and May Not Satisfy Your Preferred Data
Security Policy
Figure 3 – Healthcare Security Process
http://www.secureworks.com/compliance/hipaa/
Alfred Green, BKAEG Industries LLC
An educational survey of strategies to help
educate practice managers of the necessity and
methods of data integrity and security
✔ No Technical Staff
✔ Limited Information Technology Budget
✔ No Policy Guidelines for Data Integrity
✔ Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt (FUD)
✔ Data Ownership
✔ Low Cost Local Storage
✔ Virtual Private Network and Cloud Technologies
✔ Client Relationship Management (CRM)
✔ HIPAA Compliant By Default
✔ Eliminates Need For Back Ups
✔ Guarantees High Availability
✔ Only Accomplished Via 3rd Party Vendor
Figure 1 – Data Integrity LifeCycle
https://securosis.com/tag/information-centric+security
Development of Sound Data Management
Policies Generally Leads to a More Efficient
Organization
Alfred Green
Figure 2 – Master Data Management
http://blog.edgewater.com/2009/12/23/tackling-the-tough-one-master-
data-management-for-the-healthcare-enterprise/
Cloud Computing Often Refers to Virtualized
Data Storage or Software Applications Which
Consumers Lease For a Fee
Note – Physical Data Security is Equally
Important. Your Clinical Staff Must Understand
Client Confidentiality and Not Fall Victim to
Phishing and Social Engineering
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Figure 4 – Virtual Private Network
http://www.netalliance.net/prodsvcs/virtp.html
Cloud Data Storage Strategies
Alfred Green :: BKAEG Industries LLC